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A new tool shows how much air quality has changed since the Industrial Revolution in cities across the world. It generates a single image made up of different colored stripes representing pollution each year in each major city. You can see stark contrasts from place to place, showing how much work is left to do to clean up pollution and …

Indiegogo is taking a renewed swing at holding crowdfunding campaigns accountable for shipping products with a new program. The company’s “Shipping Guarantee” initiative promises that anytime you support an eligible campaign, you’ll get your order on time or your money back.  The guarantee will apply to campaigns that meet eligibility requirements, which include launching with a product that’s in the …

Frontier currently offers fiber internet in most of the 25 states it serves, including California, Texas, Florida, New York, Minnesota, and others. The company only offered 2-gig and 5-gig options previously, but now customers who live in Frontier’s service area will get access to the 7-gig plan. The plan comes with symmetrical 7Gbps upload and download speeds, along with unlimited …

The Legion Go’s new dock, joystick caps, carry case, and “charging connector” gamepad wedge.Images: Lenovo The Legion Go will get its own official $65 USB-C dock this August — and in October, a full year after launch, you’ll be able to buy a $50 wedge-shaped “Charging Connector” that lets you turn its two detachable controllers into a single gamepad, keep …

Uber is facing a fine of 290 million euros ($347 million) after improperly transferring driver data from the EU to the US, in one of the largest penalties levied under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since its inception. The fine was imposed by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA), which accused Uber of failing to “properly safeguard” …

As a wearables reviewer, every morning I roll over, pull out my phone, and check my sleep stats. But that’s changed in the last 14 days. Instead, I’ve been checking my glucose levels. That’s because on the underside of my left arm is a Dexcom Stelo continuous glucose monitor (CGM). Some days, I’m relieved by what I see. Other days, …

“It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,” the company says in an unnamed statement posted to its official channel in the Telegram app on Sunday. French officials have confirmed to multiple outlets that Durov was arrested as part of a police investigation into criminal activity taking place on the …

Formula 1 broadcast footage from the Dutch Grand Prix qualifiers at Circuit Zandvoort this weekend that was captured by a gyro camera system mounted above the helmet of the weekend’s race winner, Lando Norris. The camera, which F1 has been testing since 2022, was conceived with an eye particularly toward accentuating exaggerated angles of banked turns at Zandvoort, but despite …

… the Court issued a preliminary injunction as to Defendant Shkreli: (1) enjoining him from possessing, using, disseminating, or selling any interests in the Album, including its data and files, or in any way causing further damage to Plaintiff respecting the Album through this conduct; (2) ordering him to provide an inventory and accounting of the copies of the Album …

So, all those faked review quotes from the Megalopolis trailer that got pulled last week were apparently AI, after all. Not only that, but the person who was in charge of the materials for the trailer, Eddie Egan, has been removed from the movie’s marketing team. That’s all according to Deadline, which reported on Friday that the AI-ness of it …